Where does “wefan” come from?

wefan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic weban, from Proto-Germanic webaną, from Proto-Indo-European webʰ- — to weave, braid.

wefan (Old English): to weave

Definitions

  1. to weave

Ancestry of “wefan”, step by step

wefan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic weban

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicwebanto weave
2Proto-Germanicwebanąto weave
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwebʰ-to weave, braid

via Proto-Germanic *weban

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*weban—

Words derived from “wefan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European webʰ- →